I can rewind time to prevent death-Chapter 714 - 423 Ghost Apartment (Part One)_2
Chapter 714: Chapter 423: Ghost Apartment (Part One)_2 Chapter 714: Chapter 423: Ghost Apartment (Part One)_2 But he was equally aware that if Mr. Steve had other plans, his sudden appearance could very likely throw the other party into disarray.
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There was nothing unusual on the second floor of the apartment, Yan Junze did not check each unit, but merely swept the corridors with his flashlight and immediately climbed to the third floor.
In the quiet of the silent night, within the serene apartment building, only the echo of his footsteps reverberated.
The building was too quiet, devoid even of the sound of dripping water, all of which hinted that this place was akin to a dead zone, utterly lifeless.
He similarly scanned the third-floor hallway with his flashlight, and nothing was amiss.
However, from here he could see that several rooms on this floor were not closed; some were ajar, others wide open, and they too were pitch black, revealing nothing inside.
Yan Junze continued to climb up the stairwell towards the fourth floor.
Just as he reached the stairwell corner, he suddenly froze.
Looking over, he saw the figure of a boy squatting in the corner, back turned outward, his head buried deeply, his face hidden.
Ghost Apartment, on the way to Jacob’s residence on the fourth floor, a boy-like strangeness squatting here.
Yan Junze had reason to believe this boy was indeed Jacob Johnson himself.
He was somewhat surprised to encounter Jacob, the person himself, so soon.
He didn’t continue upstairs but slowly approached the oddly crouching figure, his back still turned to him.
The boy was wearing light blue jeans and a khaki sweater; the legs of the jeans were a bit long, covering his shoes, and both the clothes and the pants seemed somewhat worn and tattered.
As he drew closer, Yan Junze saw the boy’s deeply buried head, with messy hair, seemingly coated with grease.
Clearing his throat, Yan Junze asked softly, “Excuse me… are you Jacob?”
On hearing the spoken words, the boy lifted his head. He did not answer, but slowly stood up, facing the corner.
“If you are Jacob, I think I might be able to help you,” Yan Junze continued.
The boy began to move again, slowly turning to face Yan Junze, his gaze upon him.
The moment Yan Junze saw the boy’s face, his heart lurched unexpectedly. He wanted to turn away immediately, but he resisted the urge.
He saw the boy’s pupils were all white, his body slightly swollen, with lines under his skin constantly rising and sinking, as if many earthworms were wriggling beneath.
Even within the boy’s eye sockets, a white, slender worm could occasionally be seen rapidly squirming past, crossing the socket and burrowing into his forehead.
Even though he had received no answer, Yan Junze was certain at that moment that this boy was Jacob Johnson.
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“You…” Jacob’s lips parted slightly, emitting a sound.
Seeing him speak looked strenuous, as if he hadn’t spoken for a long time.
“Can you help me?” he finally managed to articulate a complete sentence.
“I can’t guarantee it, but I will give it my all,” Yan Junze nodded.
Jacob smiled, and his smile turned eerie. He raised his right hand, fingers slightly spread, towards Yan Junze.
The next second, Yan Junze’s consciousness quivered, and a prompt popped up in his mind.
[Host imminent death detected, “Automatic Rewind on Near-Death” triggered, consuming 2000 points of Different Dimension Energy]
While his consciousness trembled, Yan Junze could still feel that, unlike his past near-death rewind experiences that vanished and then reappeared, his consciousness did not disappear immediately.
After a moment of trembling, when his vision refocused, he found himself standing in the stairwell on the second floor.
Up until then, Yan Junze was perplexed; he couldn’t understand how he came close to death, especially since he was just having a seemingly pleasant conversation with Jacob, who was still asking questions. How could it suddenly turn into an attempt on his life?
What’s more, this incident marked the largest consumption of energy in the history of “Automatic Rewind on Near-Death” for him—a whopping 2000 points of energy!
Now it seems that the rewind didn’t take him far back in time, just to the moment when he had just begun climbing to the second floor, but the energy consumption was surprisingly high.
Upon reflection, he realized that the energy consumption related to “Automatic Rewind on Near-Death” depended both on the time span of the rewind and on the “imminent death” state itself.
Jacob’s sudden strike must have brought his level of imminent death to a peak, the greatest ever, which was why the energy consumed was much higher than before.
This indicated that Jacob’s attack power was incomparable to other strangenesses.
Truly frightening!
However, Yan Junze noticed that the mission’s level was “scared witless (low),” the same as Aunt Mei’s mission level, indicating that Jacob’s real power level might be equivalent to that of an Ethereal spirit.
But due to being in the Ghost Apartment, his invincibility here made his murderous intent much more powerful than outside the apartment.
Regardless, Yan Junze now could not afford to provoke him again.
But Yan Junze couldn’t figure out what he could have said previously that might have enraged him.
If communication resulted in instant death threats, then it was better not to interact with him at all.
The original mission prompt stated that Jacob was irritable and highly aggressive. Yan Junze had been cautious since entering the apartment, but he hadn’t expected that Jacob’s actual behavior would be closer to that of a madman.
